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Cocoyam

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Noun

1. cocoyam, dasheen, eddo, taro

edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants

2. cocoyam, dasheen, edda, taro, taro root

tropical starchy tuberous root

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Cocoyam

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noun
1. 
either of two food plants of West Africa, the taro or the yantia, both of which have edible underground stems
2. 
the underground stem of either of these plants

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Cocoyam

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n.
1. See taro.
2. See malanga.

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